Political parties prove that organized permanent passion is operationally possible

Evidence

In reality, the question is still that of Italian “apoliticism”, 187 which takes on these various picturesque and bizarre forms.) Individualism is merely brutish apoliticism; sectarianism is apoliticism, and if one looks into it carefully is a form of personal following [clientela ], lacking the party spirit which is the fundamental component of “State spirit”. The demonstration that party spirit is the basic component of “State spirit” is one of the most critically important assertions to uphold. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 659 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Party spirit, not individualism, is the foundation of State spirit — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 659; A party becomes indestructible when its mass base and leadership perpetuate themselves; A party can function as a general ideology superintending scattered rival groups (+3 more)

Related

• Party spirit, not individualism, is the foundation of State spirit (similarity 0.93)
• Political parties remain the most effective instrument for producing leaders (similarity 0.91)
• A party’s history is the general history of a country from one viewpoint. (similarity 0.86)
• A mass base is necessary but insufficient for a party to exist (similarity 0.81)
• Mass parties transform popular feeling from mechanical force into conscious, critical co-participation. (similarity 0.81)
• Objective historical conditions only become politically effective through organized cadres and capable leadership. (similarity 0.80)
• Political parties are mechanisms for producing organic intellectuals (similarity 0.80)
• The political party, not an individual, is the modern protagonist of political transformation (similarity 0.80)
• A party can function as a general ideology superintending scattered rival groups (similarity 0.80)
• A political party’s history is inseparable from its broader social group and national context. (similarity 0.79)
• Mass parties provided a unifying heuristic that hyperpolitical individuals now lack (similarity 0.79)
• Parties are definitionally partial and oppositional, not unifying institutions (similarity 0.78)
• A party is an embryonic state and can permit no division of power (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Party spirit, not individualism, is the foundation of State spirit #expands (0.85) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 659
• Effective political action requires common opinions, affections, and interests #expands (0.85)
• A party can function as a general ideology superintending scattered rival groups #expands (0.82)
• A party becomes indestructible when its mass base and leadership perpetuate themselves #expands (0.80)
• Perfect devotion of one party requires reciprocal surrender by the other on another level #expands (0.70)